Lighting/enclosure questions

[mhuntley002]

I'm just about to get my second tegu from varnyard. Need some advice for the little guys home.

Only enclosure I have available right now is a 75 gal aquarium should I put a wall in the middle or not bother?

I use a solarglo in my adults enclosure but id like to use a basking lamp and fluorescent(for uvb) for the new gu. how big of a fluorescent do I need? How far from the basking spot should it be? Any basking and florescent bulb recommendations are appreciated.

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[james.w]

Don't bother putting up a wall. I believe the 10.0 fluorescent tubes need to be around 12" away. I recommend repti-Sun for the uvb and a 45-55 watt flood light will work for basking.

 

[Vince]

I agree with James. I use a dual fixture on the fluorecents and the Reptisun 10 from Zoo Med. Petmountain online sells them at a decent price.

 

[TuTegu]

So would one zoo Med repti sun 10 (or two?) & a 50 Watt zoo Med Uva basking lamp work with my 30L"x12"x12" (My hatchling won't need uvb from basking long as he gets it from the reptisun fluorescent right?)

 

[james.w]

Is the basking bulb a spot or flood?

 

[TuTegu]

It doensn't really say, heres the link, I was also considering the second link.

http://www.petmountain.com/product/reptile-uva-uvb-bulbs/11442-504972/zoo-med-reptile-uva-basking-spot-lamp.html

http://www.petmountain.com/product/reptile-uva-uvb-bulbs/11442-501544/exo-terra-sun-glo-tight-beam-basking-bulbs.html